1975 · drama · crime
Dog Day Afternoon
Directed by Sidney Lumet2h 5m1975
Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.
Our read: Dog Day Afternoon (1975) reads as a sombre, kinetic, grounded drama · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, measured.
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